Twitter restores former US President Donald Trump's account
Trump during a video address to a rally in Las Vegas.
EPA
The social networking site "Twitter" has restored the account of former US President Donald Trump, according to the new owner of the company, Elon Musk.
Musk conducted a poll on the social media platform, asking users whether Trump should restore his account, and about 15 million users responded, and 51.8% of them voted “yes.”
“People have said their word, Trump will be back,” Musk said on Twitter. It is unclear whether Trump will start using Twitter again, after he created his own platform called “Truth Social.”
And Trump posted on the “Truth Social” platform, at the time Musk was conducting the poll, saying: “Now vote affirmative, but don’t worry, we are not going anywhere, distinguished Social Truth!”
Trump's access to Twitter was suspended in January 2021, two days after his supporters stormed the United States Capitol, disrupting a joint session of both houses of Congress, killing five people.
Last Tuesday, Trump officially announced his candidacy for the US presidential elections in 2024, and Trump received a warm welcome during a rally for the Republican Party, the day before yesterday, but a large number of his potential rivals in the race for the White House criticized his skepticism about the results of the previous elections and saw that it was time to move away. About the former US president.
In his first speech since announcing his candidacy for the upcoming elections, Trump said in a video speech to a gathering of the “Republican Jewish Alliance” in Las Vegas that the party had become stronger under his leadership, and he again questioned the victory of Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. He said, “ The elections were rigged.
He refused to take responsibility for the Republican Party's poor performance in the mid-term elections this month.
Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley said in a speech to the rally that she is seriously considering running for the White House.
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